Improvement in combined victorine, cape, and cuff



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

D. ISAACSOHN AND ADOLPH OOHN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED VICTORINE, CAPE, AND CUFF.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,227, dated October30, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DAVID IsAACsOHN and ADoLPE CoHN, both of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulimprovementin Victorines or Capes, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wllich form part of this specification, and 'In which- Figurel represents a victorine or cape constructed according to ourimprovement, viewed from the front and when closed; Fig. 2, a like viewof the lower front portion when open.

Like letters indica-te corresponding parts in both figures.

The object of the present invention is to combine in one article ofladies or childrens wear a fun which, while it maybe used at pleasure asacollar or cape,with pendent lappets in front, protecting the chest, maybe also used as a muff and supporter thereto, or be readily converted soas to be used as a victorine,7 collar, or cape, with cuffs for thehands, combined. l

It is in such a convertible combination that our inventionconsists.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the collar or capeportion of a victorine, and a. a its front lappets, which are eX- tendeddownward to a suitable distance, varying (as, of' course, will the sizegenerally) to suit different heights or sizes of persons, and bent orformed into cuii's B B at their lower ends for insertion of the hands ofthe lady or child wearing the article.

Externally this article is made of fur, which may be suitably lined andpadded internally. It may be ornamented with tassels and buttons infront, some of which will serve to secure it when closed.

The cuf'f's B B should be formed externallyr out of one piece of furwith the lappets a a, or otherwise be permanently attached to the same.They may be fitted with pockets b b to holdahandkerchief andotherarticles. These cuffs are provided at their inner ends with hooksand eyes c c, or spring or other clasps or f'astenin gs, for uniting thetwo cuffs at pleasure to form a mud'. By unfastenin g them, however, andopening (more or less) the article in front, then the cuffs are in ameasure independent, giving to each hand a facility of action or playwhich-in skating, for instance-will be found very serviceable.

Thus constructed, this our improvementmay not only be used as a generalarticle of ladies or childrens outdoor wear inthe winter season, thecuffs when not used lying fiat, but it may be readily used to serve as aVictorine or cape and muff combined by uniting the two cuffs, asdescribed, or by disconnecting the cuffs and more or less opening thearticle in front, as a victorine and cuffs combined, with every desiredfacility for separately working the arms and hands, thus giving auniversality of action or use never before combined in any one article,with this double or treble advantage, that thelnisplacernent which sooften attends the use of a variety of articles is here avoided, as wherethe cape is there must be the muft and cuffs; next, that in use bothmuff and cuffs are supported by the neck and shoulders; and, lastly, andwhich is peculiarly applicable to children, such a lcombination preventsthe dropping or losing of either mui' or cuffs.

What we claim herein as new and useful, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

A Victorine, collar, or cape made up of a collar or cape, A, proper,front lappets, a a, having combined at the extremities of the latter, soas to form one with the same, cuffs B B, capable of being madeconvertible at pleasL ure into a muff', substantially as specified.

DAVID ISAACSOHN. ADOLPH GOHN Witnesses:

J W. CooMBs, G. W. REED.

